Chapter 18

“Mr. Ira, is the manufacturing of fertilizer something you can’t tell us?” Satan Leaf asked as she looked up at Ira.

“Yes.”

“That’s true.”

Ira and Celina replied at the same time.

“Oh…”

Satan Leaf pondered. Her small head knew the meaning of fertilizer to the Demon King’s Territory. She looked at Ira and said, “Do you want anything? Can I exchange it with anything?”

“…”

Ira did not answer.

“Gold coins? Even in the Silver Moon Tree Court, gold coins are useful, right?”

Towards Celina’s words, Ira could not help but smile. He said, “However, you don’t have many gold coins left… Perhaps there are only silver coins left in the Demon King City.”

No, this was still too exaggerated… Even if they were so poor, they still had gold coins. It was more like they did not have crystal coins.

The monetary system of this world was very cliché. It was only the conversion of copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and ordinary equivalent items called [Mana Crystal (Crystal Coin)], but it was not the logic that often appeared in novels.

The conversion of gold coins and silver coins was 1:12, which meant that a gold coin could be exchanged for 12 silver coins.

The conversion of silver coins to copper coins was 1:16, which meant that a silver coin could be exchanged for 16 copper coins.

This logic was quite simple. 192 copper coins for a gold coin, but because the prints and specifications of the coins were different from country to country, the value of the gold coins was different. Only the value of silver and copper coins was the same.

In addition, 1:12 was the conversion method of the Empire’s Thorny gold coins. The ratio of the more solid Flower Crown Court (Silver Moon Tree Court) gold coins was 1:15.

As for the church’s platinum coins, the ratio was 1:9 silver coins…

“Haha, even in this situation, there are still gold coins…”

Celina chuckled.

“Hahaha, that’s true…”

Ira replied with a smile.

It was very obvious that Celina was prepared to take the initiative to brush off this topic, and it was what Ira was thinking… It was not that he was unwilling to explain, but he could not accept the fact that it already existed, even if he knew that was the truth.

Satan Leaf did not understand the meaning of their conversation. She seriously thought about how to exchange for the formula, then asked seriously, “Mr. Ira… I heard that you like lolis?”

“…”

Ira: “???”

Celina: “???”

“You can’t say this casually. I actually don’t like it.”

Ira rubbed his nose in frustration. He looked at Satan Leaf, who probably did not understand what a loli meant at all, and said, “You heard it from Vera, right?”

“Yeah.”

As expected, after Ira subconsciously mentioned this term to Yosef, he knew how to use it. Then, Vera knew that the people of the Empire almost understood it. After Isabella understood the meaning, she also looked at Ira strangely for a long time.

Now, because of Vera, Celina, and many other demonic creatures, they might understand.

“Do you know what loli means?”

As Ira spoke, he looked at the Lolita-style dress on Satan Leaf and suddenly realized that be it the fundamental principle or the word “loli” that had been deconstructed, Satan Leaf fit the description quite well.

“Yes, a little girl who’s as soft as a radish and can be called loli… such as me.”

Although this explanation was strange, there did not seem to be a problem.

—You seem to understand it well?! Do you also have the self-awareness that you’re a loli?!

The corners of Ira’s mouth twitched, and for a moment, he did not know how to complain…

“Demon King…” Celina said awkwardly.

She seemed to understand that this term was not understood that way, but it was obvious that Ira was not someone who liked lolis. Relatively speaking, perhaps the Empire’s nobles liked it better.

“How about I order the entire territory to choose lolis for you?”

After saying this, he looked at Ira expectantly and waited for his answer. Ira could not help but laugh, “Hahaha, don’t… Hahahahaha, this is too ridiculous ~”

“Eh?”

Although Satan Leaf did not understand very well, she knew that she had misunderstood. She lowered her head and looked at the ground in embarrassment, saying, “I’m sorry, Mr. Ira.”

“…”

“Sigh, forget it…”

As Ira spoke, he reached out and touched Satan Leaf’s head, as if making a decision. He said, “Let the demonic creatures collect the withered grass, sawdust, and wood dust that needs to be burned. Then, after the feces pit is built, collect the feces inside.”

These words were very strange. They were clearly talking about fertilizer previously, but now, the topic immediately jumped to ash and feces.

Satan Leaf did not understand, but Celina immediately thought of a possibility. Her eyes immediately widened, and her beautiful love pupils flickered with anticipation as she said, “Lord Ira, could it be?”

She was too materialistic. Previously, he was still called “Mr”, but now, he was called “Lord”.

“You probably don’t understand what fermentation is and what compost is. Using flour fermentation to describe it will definitely disgust you. Therefore, I’ll directly say the process.”

Ira said calmly. He looked at the five little fairies with shining eyes who were listening at the side and said, “Store the collected demonic creatures and livestock feces in a place far from households.”

Here, Ira emphasized far. This was something they had to pay attention to. At that time, the Empire had long had the concept of fertilizer, but the template was relatively rough. Only the farmers communicated with each other, so it was fine.

However, he was really afraid that after collecting them, they would directly compost them on the ground.

“Stir the ashes of the plants I mentioned earlier into the feces pile and add straws, weeds, and other things to turn them over. I guarantee that under the conditions of proper ventilation, the feces pile will gradually become dry and turn into granules like the fertilizer you bought.”

“As for what you mentioned, Vera, who came out of the ivory tower, misunderstood. The use of mana is only to cooperate with the high temperature when composting to kill the germs, kill the parasite eggs, and weeds seeds, and ensure ventilation.”

“At the same time, it can mislead the other countries who want to study it.”

“…”

“Thank you, Mr. Ira.” Satan Leaf said gratefully.

She, whose head only reached Ira’s chest, took the initiative to lean forward and hug him… She felt that Ira liked to pat her head very much. In order to express her gratitude, she decided to lean over and let him touch it.

Ira did not know what Satan Leaf was thinking. He replied simply, “You should indeed thank me, but a Demon King can’t let down all your guard like this. Instead, you should maintain… No, forget it.”

“Thank you, Lord Ira.”

Perhaps Satan Leaf did not know the hidden meaning of this compromise at this moment, but Celina did… From now on, Ira was no longer the Consul of the Empire, but the teacher of Satan Leaf.

He was only the Demon King’s teacher.